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riverfront

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Recent Examples of riverfront Explore the riverfront in Peoria, and pick pumpkins at Boggio’s. — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Sep. 2026 Mukul Sharma, a partner at Palmer Square Real Estate, said the city’s support would increase redevelopment of the riverfront, including up to $800 million of private investment. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026 The stadium is at the heart of a new district being constructed along the Missouri riverfront. — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Hinton ensured there was involvement of Black construction companies, business owners, and small business owners in the urban revival of the riverfront, Holifield said. — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for riverfront

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Noun

Highways, riverside communities and low-lying neighborhoods remain underwater, cutting off dozens of households, killing a Hanoi university student and three villagers, and forcing evacuations of at least 150 families.

— Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Mud, water and rock inundated several riverside communities near the border with China, killing more than 1,400 people and leaving thousands more missing.

— Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of riverside

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The letter, first reported by The New York Times, is the latest in a series of tensions over an iconic Potomac River waterfront building that has become a focus of the Republican president in his remaking of the nation’s capital in his second term.

— Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Centre d’Art Marcel Gagnon is a riverside accommodation that immerses guests in the works of local artists, with 100 waterfront sculptures comprising a large-scale art installation and an on-site gallery.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of waterfront

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With bow and arrow in hand, Anghba finds his hunt for a wild boar across a riverbank interrupted by a raft floating downstream, as former tribespeople surround a jovial American preacher (Douglas Henshall), much to the chieftain’s chagrin.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Our favorite was The Beach, a flat piece of riverbank perfect for postprandial wine and s’mores.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of riverbank

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On Tuesday, September 8, a massive, 30-by-30-foot sinkhole opened directly in front of a Malibu oceanfront home reportedly belonging to Cage, swallowing his driveway whole.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
And history buffs hungering for more after the Battery Steele shouldn’t bypass the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, originally built as an oceanfront memorial in 1888, now full of exhibits on local history and the Civil War.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of oceanfront

Noun

And both suggested staying at the shorefront Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, which is among the nicer properties in the area.

— Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
The shorefront is lined with some 400 buildings, including high-rise hotels and villas that can accommodate around 20,000 guests, according to North Korean state media.

— Se Eun Gong, NPR, 5 July 2025

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